Top 10 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks

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In this video I show you 10 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks. There are many things around the house not intended for gardening but work just as good as expensive garden products you buy in the store.
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Table of Contents
00:18 - Toilet paper/paper towel tubes
01:05 - DIY slug control
01:32 - Garden uses for plastic bottles
02:27 - DIY plant tags
02:56 - How to space out small seeds
03:22 - "Bulk seeds" from the grocery store
03:43 - Pea trellises or pea stakes
04:01 - Use old sponges to maintain moisture in containers
04:19 - Put volunteer plants to work
04:38 - DIY anti fungal for plant cuttings
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@chowe9 2 ай бұрын

FYI the cap on that 2 liter bottle fits on a garden hose. So if you lose your soaker house end cap... just use a 2 ltr bottle cap. Lots of good plumbing hacks there as well.

@terebrown2892 Ай бұрын

Brilliant!!!

@ladywolfwolf Ай бұрын

I did not know that. Thank you

@chowe9 Ай бұрын

Also, the 2 litter bottle mouth screws into a hose. Cut the bottom off the bottle and you've got an instant funnel

@chowe9 Ай бұрын

Unless of course they've discovered this and changed the size of a 2 liter bottle mouth opening. Because goodness knows they don't want us saving money!

@deecooper1567 22 күн бұрын

@@chowe9😂😂👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@uriahthehittite2148 Ай бұрын

Forget tp rolls. Use paper egg cartons instead. Decomposes faster and the roots can grow through them. And each one tears away easily. I started seeds like watermelon and tomatoes this year.

@debbiep7419 2 ай бұрын

If you plant the seedlings with the toilet paper tube a bit above the soil line, it can also act to protect tender stems from cutworms. A warning about covering your plants with plastic bottles. If you're doing it for frost protection, make sure no part of the plant touches the plastic as plastic conducts the cold directly to the plant (ask me how I know). A beer trap is also effective against slugs. I love how resourceful we gardeners can be!

@NextLevelGardening 2 ай бұрын

Great tips Debbie!

@ear677met 2 ай бұрын

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@silver474 2 ай бұрын

Beer traps never worked for me. I eventually just went out one rainy night at 11pm armed with rock and crushed a lot. Didn’t have a problem after that.

@TheKrispyfort Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing what doesn't work and why 👍

@TheKrispyfort Ай бұрын

Beer traps aren't an option in Australia 🇦🇺. It'll just attract the local yobbos.

@catwindham4800 Ай бұрын

I can’t handle this level of common sense! 😂

@deecooper1567 22 күн бұрын

😂😂😂❤👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@Christianne-md2nd 3 күн бұрын

IKR!!!😝😝👍

@gretroman8235 2 ай бұрын

My sister gave me a box of coffee pot paper liners when her office swiched to a pod system. Great liners for any pot or water bottle to prevent drainage holes from getting plugged. And can be used to remove transplants easily from pots. Biodegradable.

@xpurg8d 2 ай бұрын

This tip isn't free, but pretty close to it: It's also very cheap to buy a box of the paper coffee filters -- it might take you years to use the whole box, so a worthy investment. I hear they have them at dollar stores.

@marie9244 2 ай бұрын

Use them wet to germinate seeds in. Fold the seed in and place in the dark. Great for lupines, sweet pea and Bells of Ireland.

@cyhomer 2 ай бұрын

..yup, used them for many years..or cut up cheap paper towels.

@ccrow9147 Ай бұрын

Absolutely correct! Been doing this forever. Works perfectly.

@christypham3386 28 күн бұрын

or use the coffee grounds for fertilizer and the used paper filter to line the pots!

@WeArePoleGem 2 ай бұрын

Been doing tp transplants for decades! Our big fam knows do not toss tp rolls.😂 Hoard rolls all winter in a leaf bag in basement. After frost dig a trench slightly over 3/4 deep as tube. Fill tube 3/4 with good soil n drop in a seed. Flowers will grow in line of trenched tubes. ..super neat! Best beside paths or along a fence! Seeds will not wash away... great seedling wind n bug protection too... Attracts worms so works great in tuff clay soil...planting in rolls and small boxes feeds worms so turns tuff clay area into descent garden soil in one season🎉 Thx for vid❤

@Blue_Azure101 2 ай бұрын

Lol I threw mine out recently. I’m going to force my family to eat Taco Bell for a month

@jeannamcgregor9967 2 ай бұрын

When I couldn't find seeds for Greek Giant beans (also called Gigantes since they actually come from Mexico) I bought a bag from Rancho Gordo, the online gourmet bean company. Delicious & creamy texture! Now I just go to my jar of harvested dried beans from last year to grow this year's crop.

@junk2cema.20 2 ай бұрын

I had NO idea you could use bag beans to plant… what is a bean anyway? A seed! Duh! Lol good tip, Brian! I hope you will do more of these videos…you touch on tips and tricks here and there when you do you you normal videos, but these one concentrated videos are perfect. Thanks!

@cowboyblacksmith 2 ай бұрын

I buy a bag of "Cowpea" beans at the grocery store and use them as a cover crop after my garlic and potatoes are finished. I cut them down before the beans come and turn under for great green manure. There's no way I could even use up the whole bag and only about $1.50. I've planted red kidney beans, chick peas (garbanzo beans) and black beans from the grocery store and the germination rate is superb.👍🏻

@johnliberty3647 2 ай бұрын

I keep dry beans as emergency food. When they get old in a year they don’t cook well but are still viable seeds. I have a lot of pinto beans, lentils, and black eye peas plants as cover crops. Sometimes I get food out of them sometimes they only live long enough to make biomass

@jessstone7486 2 ай бұрын

@@cowboyblacksmith Cool!!!

@virginiajames2447 2 ай бұрын

I planted a few lima beans last year just to test it. All came up.

@perrielynn7837 2 ай бұрын

All excellent ideas and fun cuz they’re FREE!!

@aquarhapsody 2 ай бұрын

If you have to use containers to garden (like I do), you can fill your pots at least halfway with just leaves and sticks and other natural materials you find around your yard. I have been able to recycle my potting soil for years now because I always layer it with lots of browns and greens to give it new life.

@Debbie-henri Ай бұрын

From the start of winter, once my large containers have been emptied of old summer vegetable plants, I start refilling the containers with a mix of kitchen scraps, leaves, twigs, tissues. Once I get to the top of each pot, I move onto the next pot. The level of scraps sinks down as things rot, and I may go back 3 times to fill a container to the top again. When it's time to sow/plant in them, a layer of rotting leaves and homemade compost, and they're ready to go. Excellent for greedy veggies like courgettes (zucchini), squash and mini pumpkins.

@ruththinkingoutside.707 Ай бұрын

I have to use containers too.. I found that natural ph neutral mulch was fantastic for bulking up the bottom 1/3-1/2 of my BIG pots.. since I was having to buy soil 🙄 a big bag of mulch was a life saver.. and over the years it’s been breaking down nicely .. now that I’ve been here for a few years, I’ve been able to amend with leaves and garden waste.. this place is tiny 🤦‍♀️ it’s an adventure trying to do what works in a iddy biddy footprint! lol..

@AjArpopP52 8 күн бұрын

@@Debbie-henrigreat idea!

@tgardenchicken1780 2 ай бұрын

Measure your fingers, hand and hand to elbow. Figure out where there is 1/2", 1" 2" 3' 10" etc. Your body has its own meausrements, use them when spacing seeds, plant depth etc.

@NextLevelGardening 2 ай бұрын

Love this!

@jeannenation5698 2 ай бұрын

Great tip! Now I won't have to spend time searching for my ruler every time :-)

@user-mc3tp5sd2z 2 ай бұрын

Mom always measured fabric this way: from the tip of her nose to her outstretched hand was a yard.

@khalajanskitchen7456 2 ай бұрын

Stretch your hand , place it on a scale and measure the space between tip of the pinkie to tip of your thumb . Mine measures exactly 8 inches . My mom measured from the tip of the nose to the outstretched hand and it is a yard , and now I do it too .

@UncleKauffee Ай бұрын

@@khalajanskitchen7456same. 8” exact. Been using that 8” measure for years for various different things.

@lindahaggard6416 Ай бұрын

Put a aluminum pie pan FULL OF BEER on the ground. Now patience. At first you might see "bumping" to the bottom of the pan. Soon, slugs will be crawling into the beer! Don't use "light beers" though. All my friends thought I was crazy until we all got together one night for a "Slug Party"! Put your pans out right before dusk, socialize for awhile, and the slug dive will start. I learned this trick about 40 yrs ago out of a " Readers Digest" and skeptically gave it a try! Amazing! What a way to go!

@SueBHoney-cq8co Ай бұрын

Absolutely works, beer trap for slugs.

@jackzampella5758 2 ай бұрын

When planting zucchini, I put aluminum foil around the base of the plant to deter vine borers. I've found it to be 100% effective. Maybe I'm just lucky 😊

@nancyseery2213 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, they have been wiping me out.

@ricebeansrockroll882 2 ай бұрын

I will try this, thank you!

@khalajanskitchen7456 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this great tip .

@user-jy7rh9xb5j 2 ай бұрын

Putting the seed in the tr into the ground thanks😊

@FCUK- Ай бұрын

It doesn't burn the plant?

@717Alfred 2 ай бұрын

Somebody’s getting close to that 1 million mark! How exciting!

@NextLevelGardening 2 ай бұрын

I know!

@AjArpopP52 8 күн бұрын

@@NextLevelGardeningyou deserve it!

@Sylvia-zg6yh 2 ай бұрын

I just love your channel and always learn so much. Even your subscribers are helpful. Makes gardening fun. Thanks

@NemoStrong 2 ай бұрын

"You can go ahead and dispose of them anyway you see fit" what a Savage LOL.

@savvy2639 2 ай бұрын

feed them to your chickens...

@madeinussr7551 8 күн бұрын

Thought the same . Some ppl are sensitive and they say you have to let them go elsewhere lol

@Nan54424 2 ай бұрын

Want to put just 2 seeds in your seed cup? Pour out seeds onto a paper towel and take a sushi stick and dip it into water and put it on one of the seed. It seems like it jumps on the stick. Transfer to seeding soil and twist to release. Redip in water and repeat. I love the TP idea for seeding 🤩

@marthathompson2012 2 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard of a sushi stick-but I’ve seen this done with licking a chopstick.

@Nan54424 2 ай бұрын

@@marthathompson2012 sushi stick and chop stick are the same thing😁

@reibersue4845 2 ай бұрын

I used the TP roll method and they unrolled on me because of the constant moisture. I am doing it again, only wrapping saran wrap around the tubes beforehand to keep them together. Take off saran wrap before planting. Also Google making pots from newspaper. They worked out really well and it's folded like oragami.

@joanies6778 2 ай бұрын

I use this same hack for planting small seeds with the tip of a pencil. Another great tip!

@artstamper316 2 ай бұрын

@@joanies6778 Punny 😊

@stevesmith3556 2 ай бұрын

I've used the large Rubbermaid tubs for planting my garden. My whole garden in the past. You can find them for a few dollars at thrift stores. Cut a bunch of holes in the bottom and support the bottom with 2x4s to allow drainage and air. You can grow anything in them for years😊

@hmmm..2733 2 ай бұрын

Loved this! I stopped the video to go trellis my peas with sticks when I saw that. Thank you!!

@Syl-Vee 2 ай бұрын

I save water bottle bottoms (from bottles cut in half) and mesh vegetable bags from the grocery store (onions, lemons). I stretch the mesh across the top of the water bottle and fasten it with a rubber band. I propagate cuttings by dipping in cinnamon (an idea I got from you a couple of years ago) and then sticking them each in their own water filled bottle bottom. The mesh keeps the leaves from falling into the water. Given decent light from a window, it works just about every time. Thanks, Brian! I learned another couple of tips from you today.

@user-pq9zc3uc7m 2 ай бұрын

I've always been impressed with and a big fan and proponent of honey. (the local, raw 'alfalfa' honey I get is tremendous). I've known for years that it also has medicinal qualities. But using it on plant cuttings is a new one. Thanks.

@margaretsawbridge4879 2 ай бұрын

The striped slugs are Leopard Slugs and only feed on decomposing material. They are good guys and should not be killed.

@TheKrispyfort Ай бұрын

Oh, thank you 🙂

@carynsommersdorf2453 Ай бұрын

Oh that's good to know. TY!

@alyssa0411 27 күн бұрын

That slug can also be an intermediate host for the rat lungworm nematode (Angiostrongylus cantonensis,) which has the potential to infect humans.

@kelleclark 2 ай бұрын

I use old mini blind slats for plant labels...one blind makes a gazillion! 🤣🤣🤣

@deirdreknobeloch9660 2 ай бұрын

Me too! They work so well!

@vbachman6742 Ай бұрын

Old blinds can be purchased at yard sales for as little as $1.00.

@carynsommersdorf2453 Ай бұрын

Yeah this is a great idea. My dog has ruined plenty of those. Never thought about using them. As plant tags, but I do now! 😁

@annt.3151 12 күн бұрын

@@deirdreknobeloch9660 Me three!!

@johndonahue4777 10 күн бұрын

Mini blinds contain LEAD. Made in theydonotcareaboutus China. Just throw them away with other toxic waste. Maybe use popsicle sticks so you don't poison yourself. Or buy some regular ones for a few pennies and remember..you get what you don't pay for.

@hippieJOSH420 Ай бұрын

For deep watering use a jug regular without cutting and put it cap side up. Poke the holes down at the bottom corners. Then you can put the cap back on it to prevent evaporation and keep dirt and bugs from getting inside it. You should be able to plant four to eight plants around it. Great for when you have to leave for a couple days

@sherrilynn5878 2 ай бұрын

😍 So happy you showed the Beans, have been planting from bags of Pinto Beans for a few years! Also love the tp roll, absolutely going to do!

@cindyfulk8853 2 ай бұрын

Lima beans too

@eb1684 2 ай бұрын

Why kind of limas are they? @@cindyfulk8853

@50andCountingcom 2 ай бұрын

Great tips!!! Who knew!?! The cinnamon or honey hack and the sponge are my favorites! Thank you!

@user-wh1tk1eh8p 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for another awesome video! The first week or so after I plant my tomato starts out, they often get cut off at ground level by some mysterious nighttime insect. Maybe cutworms? What works for me is a small vertical collar I cut from a paper towel or tp tube and wrap around the base of the plant when I put it in the ground,. I press it into the soil ever so slightly, just so bugs can't crawl under. The little paper tubes eventually fall apart, but the plants are strong enough by then and don't need to be protected.

@NextLevelGardening 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@xpurg8d 2 ай бұрын

I do that, too, but use a scrap of paper to wrap the stems. Newspaper or any plain paper (like for a printer or copier) works just fine, and I get a lot of them from just one sheet.

@stormraven4183 2 ай бұрын

I have used TP tubes as cutworm collars for years ❤

@anonanon1982 2 ай бұрын

Works for pill bugs too

@totogogocc5526 Ай бұрын

Fact: catnip plant next to tomatoes keeps them away!.

@kathyritscher9459 2 ай бұрын

My go to up potting containers for tomatoes and peppers are my yogurt and cottage cheese containers. I cut the lids into plant markers.

@ranger178 Ай бұрын

I had tomato plants in early and the weather turned cold so i put thin clear plastic trash bags over tomato wire cage and tied them on with wire ties and tomatoes thrived in there it was like their own little green house took it off when weather warmed up. i had tomatoes a month early.

@kristyholman351 2 ай бұрын

Just saw this hack on another channel. Use a plastic condiment bottle, or sometimes used to hold oil or for cake decorating, to gently water the soil when you start seeds in the cell trays or small pots.

@annsmith8343 2 ай бұрын

I sprinkle dried crushed egg shells (not too fine!) around all my early seedlings to kill cutworms as the try to crawl across them. Works great!

@uriahthehittite2148 Ай бұрын

The wrong type of calcium carbonate for the plants is released. To get the right type calcium accitate take 1 part crushed powdered egg shell to 10 parts vinegar. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pMqJedai1dKbmac.htmlsi=IbUUu6GAAEQJ91jE

@johnlord8337 2 ай бұрын

If you also pour beer and semi-soak the bottom of that plywood for slugs - you will pull them in for miles - and greater capture and processing rate. Using any old sponges, cut up into smaller 2 inch x 2 inch sponge cubes. Slightly soak in beer in the afternoon, and plant at evening. Disperse these around the garden, and the slugs will be atracted to these beery sponges and away from the vegs. Process the slugs in the morning (if you have ducks or geese - let them eat them) - and VOILA !!! no more slugs. Maybe chickens might eat slugs - or peck them to death ...

@davinasquirrel7672 2 ай бұрын

Chickens will eat the odd slug, but I do not think it is a good idea to let them have too many.

@nicoler3269 2 ай бұрын

I also use beer in small cut shallow plastic cups for problems with the dreaded rolly Polly’s when my seedling/ plants are just breaking thru the dirt … ! They have eaten all my plants overnight before 😢

@johnlord8337 2 ай бұрын

@@nicoler3269 Slugs and snails get into the cups and totally slime up the containers. That is why using the plywood beer soaked board, or the small sponges that can be more easily cleaned, de-slimed, and re-emplaced with beer ... and being smaller is size and many locations, versus plastic containers 4 ounces or such gives better coverage, and able to toss these into hedge rows, or border fence lines etc.

@anonanon1982 2 ай бұрын

@@nicoler3269I have a terrible problem with pill bugs too. The only thing I have found that helps is putting cardboard or plastic collars around the seed when I plant it.

@sabinereimer7809 Ай бұрын

Chicken don't eat slugs at all, only snails. And only the "walking" ducks do, normal ducks will also refuse to eat slugs.

@ashleypayne6921 2 ай бұрын

Huge tip with the rolls, cut it half for more cups

@MyFocusVaries 2 ай бұрын

One tip is that, as he says, sweet peas have long roots. So they'll need the full tube.

@terryglendening7166 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Instead of plastic bottles for slow watering, I use the terra cotta cylinders used to keep wine cold. Thrift stores often have them. That avoids plastic pollution.

@TheKrispyfort Ай бұрын

Make a map of your garden beds, and document what you put where. Keep a journal of all your experiments and events and results. Use marked string as a measuring device.

@reibersue4845 2 ай бұрын

I used popsicle sticks for plant tags. One tip. A sharpie will fade over time. Do your writing with a grease pencil. And the sticks can get composted into the soil at the end of the season.

@andylahey2262 2 ай бұрын

Save the money on grease pencils…just buy a box of crayons!

@TheKrispyfort Ай бұрын

Use coloured twine as a coding system

@reibersue4845 Ай бұрын

@@TheKrispyfort latest. Knowing me, I'd lose my list of what the colors stood for.

@maryjohnson-xk4pm Ай бұрын

A regular pencil works great. Doesn’t fade.

@user-mc3tp5sd2z 2 ай бұрын

I use a paper towel roll to plant strawberry pots. Stick the empty towel holder down the center while you add soil and plant each side opening. When sides are full, pour pea gravel down into the towel holder. Then add more soil and plant the top opening. Now when you water there is a center path to distribute the water all through the pot so it gets watered evenly.

@watermelonlalala Ай бұрын

Hey, I am going to try that.

@Mary-uz2tz 2 ай бұрын

I have used TP tubes for several years for seeding starting. Just a light dip in water after cutting and folding helps them to stay folded until you get them filled with soil. I create mini greenhouses to hold them by cutting a narrow neck clear jug in half. Insert your TP tubes and slide the top half of the jug back on. Monitor the geat and humidity be removing the jugs lid.

@ArtistCreek Ай бұрын

I use clothes pins for plant tags. I just clip them on a stick or on the pot

@rn780 2 ай бұрын

I put old window blinds in my shed a couple years ago thinking they'd be useful for something. I hope I didn't throw them out because plant tags are a genius use for them.

@patkrueger7353 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for these great ideas. Especially rooting cuttings with honey and cinnamon. Enjoy your day and thanks again

@alfkey4155 Ай бұрын

"Slugs" I buried jam jars, at least 4, half fill with stale beer, leave for two days or longer, empty into your compost bin, last year I started at the end of march and by June I was hardly getting any. Happy Gardening

@TheKrispyfort Ай бұрын

I've used packets of popping corn to grow corn. Corn stalks can be dried out and used as support stakes or for temporary woven edges on garden beds. And the immature cobs make great baby corn.

@anetteridleyrodriguez 2 ай бұрын

I have such a slug problem. I will try this! Last year, slugs climbed up my raised bed. They are like zombies!!! I absolutely love making labels from a plastic tub idea!! And the branches supporting the peas! Genius! I loved this video. I will go and try a lot of these. Thanks Brian!

@AlsInd 2 ай бұрын

raised beds and potted plants are easy. get yourself some copper and put a band of it around the container where the slug has to pass to get to the inside. slugs and snails will not pass copper. i use copper tape. this is copper foil with an adhesive backing but you can always get copper foil, cut long strips and fold it over the rim. live well 🙂

@anetteridleyrodriguez 2 ай бұрын

@@AlsInd Awesome to know! I'll try it, thanks!

@caroldragon7545 2 ай бұрын

Those plastic containers with solid bottoms and raised tops, like the ones that rotisserie chickens and some cakes come in, make great little mini greenhouses for starting cuttings inside. If you are a container gardener, plant things in buckets small enough that you can move them around . After I plant carrot seeds in a bucket, I sprinkle a thin layer of sand over the soil. I top that with a single layer of paper towels. The paper towels make watering easy because they keep the water from displacing the seeds. It is easy to see when they start to dry out so you can keep them damp. When you lift them to check for sprouts, the sand lets you peel them up and let them back down again without getting all covered in dirt. Just remove the towels when the carrots have sprouted. This technique works with any tiny seeds. I love gardening in buckets that I can move easily to adjust for sun exposure. Just make sure they have sufficient holes for drainage. I use tulle for many things, - great to keep soil from leaking out of drainage holes, - great for keeping birds and other critters away from tender plants, developing fruit, etc. and because it is so lightweight, it never drags foliage down.

@AlsInd 2 ай бұрын

i use variations of many of these. another one that was triggered from your vid is using willow juice instead of rooting hormone. one that i use all the time, i have mountains of it here, is free arborist wood chips. i have them bring me loads of it and i age them and compost them. in 15yrs i have completely changed my soil to the nicest loamy living eco system that holds nutrients and water so i do not have to water so much. it does take a lot of patience but for those who keep chickens, it is the best as the chickens will eat the critters that grow in the chips and they scratch and poop thus making it compost faster. after the first year of composting i plant cover crops over them and let the chickens, and in your case your cow, do their magic. the following year i have the best soil you can possibly dream of. cheers 🙂

@liz291 Ай бұрын

Last year I started using tennis ball tubes as little greenhouses for my sunflower sprouts! They did amazing and it’s the perfect size ❤

@mk-yb8tt 2 ай бұрын

I used thorny rose branches (from pruning) at the base of vegetable plants that were getting devoured by bunnies. Worked great!

@lindahansen9395 2 ай бұрын

Every time I throw the center tube away from toilet paper I’m always hesitant thinking I could use this for something but then I throw it away anyway. Now I have a great reason to keep them. Great ideas. Thank you.

@suzannedavidson6292 Ай бұрын

lindahansen9395 Do you have a recycling bin in your regular rubbish collection? We can put our TP centres in our recycling collection along with the glass and steel cans, plastic etc.

@Giggiyygoo 2 ай бұрын

I think the ultimate free hack for me is the electric toothbrush to pollinate tomatoes. Truly a game changer, and free if you already use one.

@nathanberry1093 2 ай бұрын

Tomato plants SELF pollinate tho..... If anything, just shake them to help.

@bennym1956 24 күн бұрын

The plastic containers with hinged lids that hold stuff from grocery store made great mini green houses and hold moisture.

@FannysBakedGoods 2 ай бұрын

Ooh, I want to grow rosemary, love that last hack to get started. Can I use some of that grocery store rosemary to start?

@NextLevelGardening 2 ай бұрын

Yes!

@222mmax 2 ай бұрын

I ALWAYS FIND ROSEMARY BUSH AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NO NEED TO BUY

@wendyburston3132 2 ай бұрын

A few weeks ago I took cuttings from my rosemary plant that was still alive in the backyard. Put them into some wet vermiculite and the roots really took off! I was so excited I went out and took some more cuttings but I guess the plant had started to die.. 😢 so those didn't work. Guess there's a short window for doing that.

@justinanovak8040 Ай бұрын

Oh I really like the sponge at the bottom of pot covering the hole.

@MaryCumbersnatch Ай бұрын

Add some gravel to the mouth of the self-watering bottle. It will help keep everything flowing, even if dirt or debris falls in there.

@markizanochi65 2 ай бұрын

I use bottle watering for longest I have garden,like 6 yr, also cutting all my yogurt containers for tags,I’m also winter sowing for 5 yr now.

@bennym1956 24 күн бұрын

Instead of toilet paper centers, I use the gray cardboard egg cartons 12/18, put in soil, seed and when they are big enough, break out each section and plant. Got a sprinkler to water garden, good well ! Veggie plants getting $$$, almost $5 a plant so I just take the seeds from veggies I buy from grocery store and it's free, alot of seeds and works great !!!

@pauseconsider7860 Ай бұрын

Slugs ruined my beautiful hostas every year until I started laying wild rose stems around the emerging shoots in the spring. They protect them all summer.

@Debbie-henri Ай бұрын

That's interesting. I had to dig and pot up my Hosta (despite the claim it's supposed to be slug proof). I never thought of using thorny rose stems.

@virginiajohnson3940 28 күн бұрын

@@Debbie-henricould also use stems from brambles too 😄

@alyssa0411 27 күн бұрын

Beer traps work wonders for me. I use a bulb planter to carve out a hole in the soil and place a small Solo cup inside. Fill a couple of inches of beer and the next morning there are numerous slugs inside.

@marjoriedanley6131 2 ай бұрын

A BIG THANK YOU, Brian, for these tips. I think the one that will help the most for me is using a plastic bottle for deep watering tomato plants. (My husband seems to never water the tomato plants enough to reach the roots). 😊

@TimHills526 2 ай бұрын

Shrub cuttings, Berberis, with its thorns, makes a good deterrent to cats doing their business in your beds.

@joanies6778 2 ай бұрын

Excellent. I do have rose bush branches I could use. Right now I have landscape mesh on them.

@Debbie-henri Ай бұрын

Good to know.

@barbaralong8665 2 ай бұрын

❤Thank you for great ideas. Even more important is the education and inspiration you provide beginners and experienced gardeners.

@diannecobb3662 2 ай бұрын

You just made me realize I need to get my yogurt tub out of the trash can to cut up for name tags! 😀

@nancyhatcher3320 2 ай бұрын

I love your videos, I learn so much watching how you garden. I did have to laugh at the beans. When I was almost 50 yrs younger I would always buy bags of different beans, cook some of each to taste and plant the ones we liked. Of course there were the standard pinto beans here in the Missouri Ozarks. Since then we've come to love black beans (our fav) & great northern that we plant regularly. Then we always look for a new variety at the grocery & health food stores. I also cut the bottoms of green onions, replant & in just a few days I had green onion tops. I put a bell pepper top with seeds into the garden & just transplanted what I wanted & gave the rest away. Thank you for all your encouragement & information!!

@karricompton 2 ай бұрын

I agree about the green onions! My 69 cent ones lasted almost an entire year in a 5-gallon bucket!

@marie9244 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian, old steel clothes hangers are great for plant supports. Just take them apart and reconstruct them. Great for tall plants like delphiniums.

@tinaberry3822 2 ай бұрын

Number one have fun!

@lanefunai4714 Ай бұрын

When I plant tomatoes, I companion plant basil. Last time I planted them I used a cut up Pringles can to remind me where they were sown. I knew right away what was a weed and what was my basil. The cardboard disintegrated and peeled apart when I know longer needed it.

@jilltk987 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Plastic containers for plant tags is something I've been doing for a couple of years. You can reuse them too! If you use a permanent marker, they're easily "washed" away when you write over it with a dry or wet erase marker.

@dianaweatherford5005 2 ай бұрын

#3 was great, and it gave me some more ideas for reusing all the plastic water bottles my family uses. We recycle, but still.

@venidamcdaniel1913 2 ай бұрын

Love the honey n cinnamon hack. I so needed that last week when u took cuttings if an elderberry.

@EdnasHouse Ай бұрын

Quick tip for the sponge: be sure to microwave the sponge for at least a minute to kill any microbes on it so you don’t spread them to your soil

@ashleypayne6921 2 ай бұрын

Can you PLEASE do a video on things to plant outside vs things to plant in a greenhouse or hoop house? New gardener here. I would love some advice there.

@juneramirez8580 2 ай бұрын

Some plants don't like to have their roots disturbed so planting them in the toilet paper rolls and placing them in your hoop house or greenhouse can be planted earlier to give you a head start in your growing season. When you plant seeds directly in your garden the soil has to be a certain temperature for those seeds to sprout. Personally I think any seeds can be started early and put under protection. Hope this has helped you in some way.

@222mmax 2 ай бұрын

FIND OUT DIRECT SOWING SEEDS AND WHEN

@MichaelGawesebmainone 2 ай бұрын

Pumpkin fly, cover the fruit with light brown paper completely only leaving the actual flower exposed. You might have to keep an eye and cover with bigger paper as it grows.

@themusenextdoor Ай бұрын

You can raid recycling bins for a lot more than what's shown here, but it takes a while to find the really good things. Social media groups are really useful for finding out who's getting rid of what. I upcycled a broken shop vac into a patio pond, which cut the cost of that project by at least half. I've seen several youtubers document the process of building major garden structures out of things like broken furniture and old windows that people were throwing away. It takes a bit more work to make things look nice, but it's well worth it in terms of money and environmental impact.

@Mortallifeonearth Ай бұрын

Great compilation! I find cutworms a real problem for seedlings so fashion collars from toilet paper/paper towel rolls to prevent the damage they do. This year I ran out of those at planting time, so I used coffee cup sleeves to fashion collars around newly planted seedlings. They were a perfect fit and hopefully a perfect cutworm armour! I use diatomaceous earth as well but it’s of no use if the weather calls for rain.

@garydunn4325 2 ай бұрын

I have used the toilet paper roll for my cucumbers .I just cut them in half...it worked great 😊

@terebrown2892 Ай бұрын

Great Video, thx. I found in the past when you bury toilet paper tubes it's important to be sure to cover the tubes all the way to the top to keep them from wicking the water up and drying out the seedling.

@brianseybert192 2 ай бұрын

I've been using horizontal blinds for plant tags, can't believe what garden centers charge for a bag of plant tags. Using gal milk jugs as little greenhouse for super early broccoli in WI. I use a couple quart plastic bottles with some holes on the cap to top water, and to foliar feed my seedlings. Lots of good ideas, thanks for sharing. Stay Well!!!

@robertadunaway7030 2 ай бұрын

Why did you put the Rosemary up against the edge of the pot? Was that to lessen root disturbance when repotting?

@NextLevelGardening 2 ай бұрын

Reduces rot by not being surrounded by soil

@xpurg8d 2 ай бұрын

@robertadunaway7030@@NextLevelGardening Thank you for asking what I was wondering and for the answer. It never occurred to me that I could help reduce rot by not surrounding a cutting with soil. I assumed it needed to have soil on all sides.

@marjoriedanley6131 2 ай бұрын

Great garden hacks you showed us. I’m a newbie gardener and I know there’s a lot to learn…..and I’m trying to do just that. Thank you. Honestly, I appreciate all your videos. You present them well.

@jamesjastrzebski1536 22 күн бұрын

The bottle can have holes put in the bottom instead of the cap, and leave the top on for filling. Works great with milk or juice bottles, and small ones are great for slowly watering houseplants.

@DawnieRotten 2 ай бұрын

I, too, use old mini blinds for label markers. I also save all of my plastic food cups (small/large yogurt, ricotta, sour cream, ect), to use in 'potting up'. To put holes in the bottoms of the plastic cups, I use an 'screw driver' that is just pointed on it's end. Heat up the point, via your gas stove burner....and the pointed 'screw driver' goes through the plastic 'like budda'! lol

@michaelknapp1468 4 күн бұрын

15 years gardening.i most say these are all great. Thank you I relearnd some forgotten tricks and even 2 new ones.

@emkn1479 2 ай бұрын

When I first heard about growing beans from a bag at the store, my mind was blown! I’m going to do it with chickpeas and fava beans since they’re not easy to get seeds for locally otherwise. It can also be done with some whole spices, which are usually very affordable and plentiful at Indian grocers.

@joanies6778 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I already do 9 out of 10 in your list. All good tips. Just be sure to cover the tops of the cardboard tubes or they will dehydrate the soil around the roots. I just tear it off.

@corinayoder6489 Ай бұрын

Do you you mean make sure the cardboard doesn't stick above the dirt? Just wondering

@clinthartwig6898 2 ай бұрын

To play off the beer and slugs thing, you can also cut up red solo, or any color, cups so that you have a small shallow reservoir and pour in the cheapest beer you can find, they do come from all over and they are disposed of very quickly. We tried it last year and it worked great.

@always.wondering.wandering 2 ай бұрын

Love these ideas, thanks! Going to save up my tp rolls from now on.

@cowboyblacksmith 2 ай бұрын

It's funny, I have about 20 by now ready for my peas. I measure 3/4" up and cut a slight wedge shape so they fold together nicer. his putting them all in a container with soil is a great idea, definitely doing that this time around.

@johnlord8337 2 ай бұрын

You are on a level with the YT Eastern European chef with all of his unique cooking, preparation, and storage techniques.

@AbigailsJoyfulLife 2 күн бұрын

His tip with the window blinds, I buy high end expensive faux wood window blinds still in the box different sizes from the thrift store for PENNIES I have cut the strings stack the blind slats and used them for TONS of projects outside and in, for instance because they bend nicely without breaking, I used them for trimming my landscaping 😊 that is one of a million things i use them for and the best thing is the good ones made to withstand window sun without fading, easy to mark for areas of my garden etc because they are faux wood and not smooth ...

@cazinman5419 2 ай бұрын

I would love more ideas like the black eyed peas! What other things in the store cupboard or supermarket would be much cheaper than buying the seeds?

@juliajohannesson2377 2 ай бұрын

Chickpeas...these grow so easily

@ukchanak Ай бұрын

you can buy ginger and lemongrass from Chinese food stores and sprout them to grow yourself. (Suggest Chinese/Asian groceries because other stores usually spray anti-rooting spray on them)

@cazinman5419 Ай бұрын

@@ukchanak Thank you for the advice! I will have to find out what environments they like, but so worth a try!

@Cobbmtngirl 2 ай бұрын

I’ve been saving those aluminum event drink cups & have repurposed them to pots by simply cutting a few drain holes in the bottoms. They are perfect for starting tomato seeds. Fill 1/2 way with soil and as the plant reaches the top of the cup I add more soil prompting the seedlings to grow more roots & become stronger. I was using red solo cups initially but the aluminum last virtually forever unlike plastic. Thanks for your tips!

@lisafulford5874 2 ай бұрын

Really like your teaching flow & answering questions I've often wondered about.🌻

@tompatchak8706 23 күн бұрын

I work at a wire and cable company and we have these things that are gigantic balls of wire made of plastic. They’re about knee-high and the size of a 5 gallon bucket. So instead of chucking them in the bin at work I take them to home fill them with soil and use them as raise beds. There’s only one room for one plant per so I kinda have this Forest of these white wire spools in my backyard. I’ve had good luck with eggplant and tomatoes over the years and now this year I’m trying cucumbers and zucchini. Supervisors and bosses don’t care anyways, so I’m looking for other things there to do gardening stuff with

@lindag4484 2 ай бұрын

I did! I did! ...get something out of this video. I'm going to try the hack for slugs, planting carrot seeds, sponge in my geranium pots, and recycled cottage cheese container plant markers. I didn't use any plant markers last year and regretted it. Thanks!

@millsjax Ай бұрын

Great tip with the cinnamon and honey.. going to give that a try! 🌻

@johnlord8337 2 ай бұрын

While a little time consuming, one can make gel-fertilized seed starter tubes with USED kitchen paper towels, (Knox) gelatin, and a liquid fertilizer. Acquire used small, medium, or large plastic vitamin/pill bottles. Cut the appropriate-sized paper towel wraps for depth of tube and circumference of the tube wrap. Make the gooey gelatin AND fertilizer solution. Run the paper towel through the gelatin. Wrap the paper towel around the bottle and tuck the bottom end. Using the multi-seed start tube container system, gently slide off the seed tube into the container. Immediately, put in potting soil (NO TAMPING DOWN) sucking up excess water and firm up the gelatin-fertilizer tube. Repeat seed tubes until container is full and potting soil is in place. Now tamp down potting soil and refill tubes. Allow potting soil proper drying out the gel-towel seed tubes. Implant seed, and slightly water. Gel (slow-releasing nitrogen and trace minerals) and fertilzer feeds the seed rootlets. The paper towel quickly dissolves once later transplanted into proper garden soil. Gel and fertilizer provides the essential needed first start of fertilizing compounds for increased number of strong plant roots and rootlets growth for later upward plant stalk and leaf growth. One can do the same gel-fertilizer solution in soaking the toilet paper roll tubes and having this first start of fertilzation as well,

@artstamper316 25 күн бұрын

I found that my Bounty paper towels were not getting composted a couple of months later. 😢

@johnlord8337 23 күн бұрын

you remove (the rooted plant when first 2 leaves appear, gel, and fertilizer) when you put into proper potting soil. Putting paper towel into dry soil, wont compost, only causes drying out of plant as well. Have properly watered, irrigated, fertilized soil for plant, and it should compost. Otherwise, use toilet paper 2 thickness (it will decompose in water) and this can be used inside a paper/plastic temporary container until transplanting.

@johnlord8337 23 күн бұрын

@@artstamper316 Bounty are so thick, its like using cardboard liner. Use less and inex[ensive paper towels or toilet paper and these will compost far easier.

@hughjass6646 26 күн бұрын

3:45 love this idea! So simple and efficient

@user-zx4gn9so3j 2 ай бұрын

We did the first one 40 years ago when I was "younger" in school.

@fayeg3026 Күн бұрын

Thanks for tips! Liked the sponge one, toilet roll and the rooting hormone

@kell_checks_in 11 күн бұрын

Another great seed source is seeds designed for sprouting or for cooking. I grow a lot of hydroponic mustard greens and use seeds that I picked up in the Indian food section. Sprouting seeds are specially good for gardening because you know they're vital by definition. I use a lot of radish sprouting seeds to grow full size radishes.

@Garysopinion 2 ай бұрын

I like to grow mushrooms outside on wood chips...Slugs like them. I surround the area with either Epson salts, or diatomaceous earth, boric acid, crushed dried egg shells......... If your not rich like me, you can grow mushrooms on garden chip trails for ongoing fertilization. Your on target. We have to give the plants (or mushrooms or people) what they want and need.

@peggygreenhill494 2 ай бұрын

I cut bottom of clear plastic bottle off leave top Off push bottom of bottle in ground around very young sprouts in garden. This keeps night creatures from eating the young leaves.